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elwenWow, CATS and Ansem are head to head.
Not that I think Ansem would be that popular or anything, but CATS has done poorly in previous Character Battles and Ansem is at least Square.
So yeah, I submitted an entry for the Character Battle for the hell of it. Obviously, I haven't been doing very well, but I've been riding on the peak of the bell curve of points the whole time. Which is either scary or comforting, I'm not sure which. I mean, a plurality of people made the exact same predictions I did.
The first two people I got wrong were okay, because they're going up against strong people next round, including Sephiroth. But I got Ridley wrong, and I thought he was going to win against Bison, too, so at least by then I ought to start falling behind.
Looking at the contest stats is interesting. As in, "You mean there are actually people who don't think Sephiroth will win?" There used to be someone up there who thought Kuja would win. That made me kind of happy. As much as I love Kuja personally, I don't think he's going to make it past the first round.
I don't know gaming well enough to make these kinds of predictions, though. I don't know how to weight the obsessed fanboys versus the newness factor, like with the guy from Devil May Cry 3. [I really want to play the DMC games. After I learn how to handle those kinds of action RPGs (?) by playing Castlevania: Lament of Innocence. But that's a long way away.]
But I think Square kind of got shafted in the way some of their games ended up with the not-so-popular uber-uber-villain instead of the not-really-evil more visible manipulated underlings. I mean, Sin. Yay, random blob of clear fluid. But why not Riku or Maleficent (though I guess people would cringe at having a Disney character) instead of Ansem? And where are Edea and Seifer?
I'm most interested to see how Kefka does. Never quite figured out his appeal, but always had this vague sense that it was greater than I thought.
Not that I think Ansem would be that popular or anything, but CATS has done poorly in previous Character Battles and Ansem is at least Square.
So yeah, I submitted an entry for the Character Battle for the hell of it. Obviously, I haven't been doing very well, but I've been riding on the peak of the bell curve of points the whole time. Which is either scary or comforting, I'm not sure which. I mean, a plurality of people made the exact same predictions I did.
The first two people I got wrong were okay, because they're going up against strong people next round, including Sephiroth. But I got Ridley wrong, and I thought he was going to win against Bison, too, so at least by then I ought to start falling behind.
Looking at the contest stats is interesting. As in, "You mean there are actually people who don't think Sephiroth will win?" There used to be someone up there who thought Kuja would win. That made me kind of happy. As much as I love Kuja personally, I don't think he's going to make it past the first round.
I don't know gaming well enough to make these kinds of predictions, though. I don't know how to weight the obsessed fanboys versus the newness factor, like with the guy from Devil May Cry 3. [I really want to play the DMC games. After I learn how to handle those kinds of action RPGs (?) by playing Castlevania: Lament of Innocence. But that's a long way away.]
But I think Square kind of got shafted in the way some of their games ended up with the not-so-popular uber-uber-villain instead of the not-really-evil more visible manipulated underlings. I mean, Sin. Yay, random blob of clear fluid. But why not Riku or Maleficent (though I guess people would cringe at having a Disney character) instead of Ansem? And where are Edea and Seifer?
I'm most interested to see how Kefka does. Never quite figured out his appeal, but always had this vague sense that it was greater than I thought.
